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Former England planetary Mike Brown (left) made his Leicester debut aft signing a short-term deal| Leicester Tigers (24) 24 |
| Tries: Pollard, Henderson, Brown Cons: Pollard 3 Pen: Pollard |
| Saracens (10) 18 |
| Tries: Mawi, Lewington Con: Goode Pens: Goode 2 |
Leicester survived a precocious onslaught to inflict conscionable a 2nd Premiership decision connected leaders Saracens and boost their hopes of a top-four finish.
Handre Pollard, Cameron Henderson and Mike Brown each crossed for Tigers successful the opening fractional hr but Eroni Mawi pulled 1 backmost conscionable earlier half-time.
An Alex Goode punishment and interception effort by Alex Lewington past enactment Sarries six points behind.
But Leicester held steadfast to extremity a tally of 3 consecutive Premiership defeats.
More to follow.
Leicester: Brown; Ashton, Scott, Gopperth, Potter; Pollard, Youngs; West, Montoya (capt), Heyes, Martin, Henderson, Liebenberg, Cracknell, Wiese.
Replacements: Clare, Van Wyk, Hurd, Snyman, Reffell, Edwards, Atkinson, Simmons.
Saracens: Maitland; Segun, Lozowski, Tompkins, Lewington; Goode (capt), Davies; Mawi, Pifeleti, Riccioni, Ellis, Tizard, Christie, Wray, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Dan, Hislop, Judge, Boon, Knight, Van Zyl, Hartley, Harris.
Referee: Tom Foley.
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